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Position of NAFTA Member Countries in the International Trade
Lišková, Jana ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Dupal, Jiří (referee)
Práce shrnuje údaje o členských zemích NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement - Dohoda o severoamerickém volném obchodu). Tj. USA, Kanada, Mexiko. Základní informace o dohodě NAFTA, historický vývoj, motivy členských států ke vstupu. Ve druhé části práce jsou uvedeny informace o jednotlivých zemích - ekonomická charakteristika, postavení v mezinárodním obchodě, investiční klima.
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Hosts and transmission of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci
Svoboda, Jiří ; Petrusek, Adam (advisor) ; Maguire, Ivana (referee) ; Jussila, Japo (referee)
The crayfish plague pathogen, the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci, has been decimating populations of European crayfish species for more than 150 years, and is therefore considered one of the 100 worst world's invasive species. A. astaci is highly specialised for a parasitic life, but it can be isolated from moribund crayfish and grown on synthetic media, as it is the case also for several other oomycetes (chapter 7). The life of A. astaci includes three basic forms: mycelium in host's tissues, and the infective units occurring in water, zoospores and cysts. All North American crayfish species tested so far have shown some resistance to A. astaci, i.e., they could carry the infection for long, serving as vectors of the pathogen. Massive sporulation from infected North American crayfish starts when the host is moulting, stressed, or dying (chapter 4). However, I could show in my experiments that some sporulation occurs even from apparently healthy and non-moulting American crayfish hosting A. astaci, so infected North American crayfish must be considered a permanent source of the infection (chapter 4). Five genotype groups of A. astaci have already been distinguished. Strains from a particular genotype group probably share the same original host crayfish species of North American origin. Nevertheless, they can...
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Monozoic tapeworms of the genus \kur{Monobothrium} (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from the Palaearctic and Nearctic zoogeographical regions
ČAPKOVÁ, Lenka
The genus Monobothrium Diesing, 1863 includes two Palaearctic species (parasitizing cyprinids, possessing postovarian vitelline follicles, lacking an external seminal vesicle and having digitiform or cuneicrispitate scolex) and five Nearctic species (parasitizing catostomid fish, lacking postovarian vitelline follicles, possessing an external seminal vesicle and having loculomonobothriate, monobothriate or loculotruncate scolex). Based on these morphological differences, supported by preliminary molecular data, five North American species (originally placed in Monobothrium) are proposed to be transferred to Promonobothrium Mackiewicz, 1968 as new combinations. European species Monobothrium auriculatum Kulakovskaya, 1961 should be transferred to Caryophyllaeus Gmelin, 1790 as C. auriculatus n. comb. As a result of this transfer, Monobothrium becomes monotypic, with M. wageneri Nybelin, 1922 representing its only species.
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An assessment of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Lím, Vojtěch ; Novotná, Zuzana (advisor) ; Potužáková, Zuzana (referee)
Práce se zabývá zhodnocením dosavadní existence Dohody o severoamerickém volném obchodu (NAFTA) s důrazem na její vliv na vzájemný obchod signatářských zemí. Dopady NAFTA jsou popisovány z hlediska jednotlivých sektorů ekonomik. Práce zkoumá efekty v primárním, sekundárním a terciárním sektoru, přičemž odvětví, která byla liberalizací nejvíce ovlivněna, jsou zpracována individuálně. Popsány jsou rovněž efekty NAFTA na tvorbu nových pracovních míst v regionu. Práce ukazuje, že i přes značné úspěchy, které se v procesu integrace v Severní Americe podařilo dosáhnout, zůstávají některá odvětví daleko od dokončené zóny volného obchodu a je v nich potřebná další liberalizace.
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Structural Analysis of Trickster Tales and Myths of Native Americans of North America (illustrated on the example of the tribes of Plains and Prairies)
Veselá, Klára ; Vrhel, František (advisor) ; Korecká, Zuzana (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to analyse selected trickster tales of Native Americans of North America with focus on the tales of the tribes of Plains and Prairies. The method took inspiration from was Lévi-Strausse's structural analysis. We Lévi-Starusse's terms such as mytheme, group of myths or formal structure of a myth to analyse and find a hoden meaning in a selected group of trickster tales. We call the ‚hidden meaning' the semantic meaning of a mytheme. We focused on the following mythemes: direction down and up, change and getting new physical abilities, one's ambition or wish, a prime number, duality of a mytheme. The mythemes listed above were analysed in terms of their formal structure. Then we suggested the semantic meaning of the mythemes.
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Myth in the North-American Lacota Tribe
Panušková, Jana ; Jiroušková, Jana (referee) ; Hruška, Blahoslav (advisor)
This work concerns a Native American Nation; the Lakota (Sioux) and its mythology. One of the goals of the work is to introduce the history and origins of the nation and also the history of academic research into the native verbal folklore which has passed down the centuries as an oral tradition. This work introduces the most important collectors of Lakota mythology as well as scientific approaches, both historic and contemporary. The first part focuses on a general definition of mythology and then introduces Lakota religion and its connections with mythology.
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Transformations of a curriculum in graduate archival education at graduate schools of library and information science in North America
Lichnovská, Marie ; Bratková, Eva (advisor) ; Pálka, Peter (referee)
Novodobá role archiváře jako vysokoškolsky vzdělaného informačního specialisty vyvolává potřebu kvalitativních změn v obsahu vysokoškolského vzdělávání. Cílem diplomové práce je přispět k identifikaci aktuálních vzdělávacích potřeb archivních specialistů v návaznosti na rozšiřování jejich profesních kompetencí. Po úvodním stručném vymezení pojmu "archivní věda" je pozornost věnována aspektům informační společnosti, které ovlivňují výkon archivního povolání a vzdělávání archivářů. Jádrem práce jsou případové studie tří severoamerických vysokých škol s odlišným přístupem k tvorbě obsahu archivního studijního programu. Důraz je kladen na přímé prameny reprezentující studijní programy archivního studia (osnovy, anotace, sylaby). Texty vybraných kapitol jsou doplněny výsledky zahraničních výzkumných projektů, jejichž předmětem byly změny ve vzdělávání archivních specialistů. V závěru jsou shrnuty a vyhodnoceny získané poznatky a jejich možný přínos pro české archivní vzdělávání.
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Genetic variation in North American crayfish species introduced to Europe and the prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen in their populations
Filipová, Lenka ; Petrusek, Adam (advisor) ; Diéguez-Uribeondo, Javier (referee) ; Trontejl, Peter (referee)
- ABSTRACT (IN ENGLISH) - Biological invasions by crustaceans represent a serious threat for native species in Europe. In my thesis I focus on non-indigenous freshwater crayfish introduced to Europe and their parasite Aphanomyces astaci, the pathogen of the crayfish plague. The thesis consists of four already published first-author papers (chapters I, II, IV and V), two first-author manuscripts (chapters III and VI), and one paper which I co-authored (chapter VII). The first part (chapters I-V) focuses on genetic variation in North American crayfish introduced to Europe. We showed that in two crayfish species, both successful invaders in Europe, genetic variation differs significantly, reflecting their different colonization histories on the continent. The spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus was likely introduced to Europe just once, in small numbers (90 individuals). Variation at the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) level in the spiny-cheek crayfish in Europe is much lower compared to North America (chapter I), although some variation was revealed by nuclear markers in its Central European populations (chapter II). In contrast, the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus was introduced to Europe several times, in large numbers. Its European populations are highly diverse genetically and belong to a single...
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SPECIES DETERMINATION AND ANATOMICAL LOCALIZATION OF FEATHERS FROM ETNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN SUBCONTINENT
KADAVÁ, Jana
The subject of chosen work is {\clq},Species determination and anatomical localization of feathers from etnographic material from the North American subcontinent``. Prerequisite of proper analyse of every exhibit is not only its etnographical enlistment but also precise determination of examinated biological material. Only a thorougly analysed exhibit has its appropriate collection and scientific value. Collection exhibits of Náprstkovo museum, which were originally found on the North American subcontinent, will be analysed in this work.
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North-South regionalism in the U.S. and Latin American relations
Slejšková, Lucie ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (referee)
The content of this thesis is an analysis of North-South regionalism within the American continent. Specifically, the approach of the United States as a representative of developed countries and Latin American countries as representative of developing countries to the liberalization of mutual economic relations. Chapter one deals with the issue of North-South regionalism and approaches of the most developed countries to this type of liberalization. Chapter two analyses the attitude of the U.S. and Latin American to the liberalization of their relations. Chapter three describes the approaches of concrete Latin American countries (Chile, Venezuela, Brazil) with respect to their different economic and business strategies applied in their foreign policy.
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